{"id":200787,"date":"2025-09-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=200787"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T23:43:57","slug":"leading-the-first-all-black-team-to-the-north-pole-with-jeska-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/leading-the-first-all-black-team-to-the-north-pole-with-jeska-clark","title":{"rendered":"Leading the First All Black Team to the North Pole with Jeska Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/7293e22a-fbcf-4fb0-8562-6f729ed39a70?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/leading-the-first-all-black-team-to-the-north-pole-with-jeska-clark\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeska Clark is a human performance specialist who studies how people adapt to extreme environments such as high-altitude peaks, sub-zero temperatures, and the intense pressure of deep ocean dives. Her research combines scientific inquiry with personal experience, as she applies insights from her academic work to her own wilderness expeditions. A skilled outdoorswoman, Jeska has completed several ambitious treks and is now preparing to lead the first all Black team to the North Pole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Jeska:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeskaclark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/clark_jeska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fullcircle-expeditions.com\/jeska-clark-operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full-Circle website\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode, listen to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/veteran-turned-everest-climber-with-dom-mullins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Veteran Turned Everest Climber with Dom Mullins<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/bikepacking-through-history-with-erick-cedeno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bikepacking Through History with Erik\u00a0<strong>Cede\u00f1o<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/climbing-mountains-and-making-history-with-philip-henderson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Climbing Mountains &amp; Making History with Philip Henderson<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/events\/101906\/camp-monsters-podcast-live\/a02cw00000B3JRBAA3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register for Camp Monsters LIVE in Denver, Colorado<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the REI Co-op\u00ae Mastercard\u00ae\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/benchmade\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benchmade<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Jeska Clark is a human performance specialist who studies how people adapt to extreme environments such as high-altitude peaks, sub-zero temperatures, and the intense pressure of deep ocean dives. Her research combines scientific inquiry with personal experience, as she applies insights from her academic work to her own wilderness expeditions. 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